New Commander Idea: Terror Doctrine

#1
7 years ago
Sgt_SchultzSgt_Schul… Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPosts: 57
edited May 2016 in Wishlist

Introduction/Welcoming
Hello, and welcome to my thread! I hope you will enjoy reading though this commander suggestion, and I will try to explain it the best I can in both the main post, and the discussion section bellow. The commander I am going to be suggesting is going to involve improving the stats of friendly units, while degrading the stats of the enemy's.

Commander Name:

Terror Doctrine

Commander Portrait:

Commander Description:

Destabilize the enemy's will to fight though weapons of terror, and propaganda, while officers support and inspire your troops to fight harder. Dispatch elite Knight's Cross recipients and a fearsome Tiger Tank to break the enemy's morale. Finish them off by utilizing the superior firepower of the Schwerer Gustav to destroy all who oppose you.

Commander Abilities:

  • (1 CP) Sturm Officer

  • (7 CP) Zeal

  • (7 CP) Knight's Cross Holders

  • (12 CP) Railway Artillery (Updated version - See Below)

  • (13 CP) Tiger Tank

NOTE: The changes I intend to make to railway artillery will not only be in effect for this commander, but the other 2 commanders that include it as well! (Osttruppen Doctrine, and the Festung Armor Doctrine)

Visual Previews:





Information about new units/abilities:
Zeal:
Costs 150 100 Munitions
60 Second duration time
180 Seconds to recharge

Zeal provides different benefits depending on the amount of squad members an infantry squad has. The lower the number, the stronger the buff. Doesn't apply to team weapons, snipers, or the Sturm Officer.

3 Squad Members (Doesn't Apply to Knight's Cross Holders):
+15% Weapon Accuracy
-15% Received Accuracy
-15% Received Suppression
-50% Freeze Rate

2 Squad Members:
+30% Weapon Accuracy
-30% Received Accuracy
-30% Received Suppression
-75% Freeze Rate

1 Squad Member:
+50% Weapon Accuracy
-50% Received Accuracy
-75% Received Suppression
Immune to Freezing Effects

Original Zeal (From Company of Heroes 1):
http://companyofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Zeal

Knight's Cross Holders:

  • 3 Man Squad
  • Squad costs 420 manpower
  • Model reinforcement cost is 90 70 manpower
  • Model health is 82 instead of 80 to avoid RNG explosive deaths.

Original Knight's Cross Holders (From Company of Heroes 1):
http://companyofheroes.wikia.com/wiki/Knight's_Cross_Holders

Changes to Railway Artillery:
Before I go over the changes, I will tell you a small bit about railway artillery if you've never seen it, or used it. Railway artillery is a 12 CP ability found in both the festung armor doctrine, and the osttruppen doctrine. The ability costs 200 munitions currently, and it fires 3 inaccurate (except for the first one) shells at the targeted location. The railway artillery is confirmed (in audio quotes) to be fired from the Schwerer Gustav. The Schwerer Gustav fires 80 cm shells that have made craters deeper than 100 feet!

Gustav Himself:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=Hf3fgfHoTOc

Statistical Changes:
-No longer fires 3 shells, but instead 1 shell.
-Munition cost will increase from 200 to 240.
-Penetration increased from 1000 to 2000. (<== lol)
-Maximum damage increased from 600 to 2200.
-Ability recharge time increased to 300 seconds.
-Cannot be targeted in enemy base sector.
-Blast radius is now slightly larger than the original radius (12 instead of 9).
-Infantry on the most outer area of the blast radius will be temperately suppressed.
-Crater provides heavy cover (similar to satchel charges) instead of light cover.
-Crater size increased.

New Bulletins to be released alongside this doctrine & railway artillery rework:

-Teutonic Knights (Rare)
Knight's Cross Holders move 3% faster, and are 2% harder to hit.

-More Mash, Less Potatoes (Rare)
The Assault Grenadier's and Knight's Cross Holder's Model 24 Stielhand Grenade Assault costs 5% less.

-More Awards? (Rare)
Knight's Cross Holders earn veterancy 5% faster.

Conclusion:

Overall my intention of this commander is to give the Wehrmacht Ostheer some more flavor and firepower. This commander is never necessary similar to how most commanders aren't (except if you're playing as soviets), but in my opinion, it would be a good addition to the commander roster for the next patch. I picked the abilities so that they would go along with the actual role of the commander (superior firepower and, of coarse, terror), which would, in-turn, avoid the same fate as the blitzkrieg doctrine (Which should really get different abilities). Thank you for reading this thread, and I hope you enjoyed reading it.

The New Preview Mod for the Doctrine:
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=685321769

Thanks for taking some time to look through my idea.
Schönen Tag/Gute Nacht
~Karbinder

Comments

  • #2
    7 years ago
    WunderKatzeWunderKat… Posts: 731
    edited May 2016

    Sounds cool but IMO zeal is under powered and overpriced. It is very odd for an ability to not have any benefits for full-health units. I also think it come around 5CP.

    It's very odd for a elite inf squad to come at 7CP. They sound like they would just be constantly gibed by tank rounds given the squad size and timing. I would suggest 3-4CP. Also 90MP is an absurd reinforce cost. The formula for reinforce cost is the unit's price divided by two divided by the number of squad members. So basically it should be 70MP. Though IMO at most it should be at most 60MP.

    Another problem is that a 3-man squad of exterminators similar to obersoldaten would be that it would compete with the OST sniper in terms of usage. You have to make sure that they have a role besides just killing infantry and that there is actually a reason to risk them in front line combat (which one usually avoids with snipers/obersaldaten).

    Lastly for the Knights Cross holders I would recommend giving them over 80 health (like in CoH1) or increasing there squad size. This way they wouldn't be ultra vunerable to snipers (as it would only take 3 shots if each model has 80 health), explosions and also they wouldn't just disappear while in front-line combat.

    I really like the concept of the commander and I really think it fits a role that no other OST commander fits. Good job.

  • #3
    7 years ago
    Sgt_SchultzSgt_Schul… Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPosts: 57
    edited May 2016

    @WunderKatze said:
    Sounds cool but IMO zeal is under powered and overpriced. It is very odd for an ability to not have any benefits for full-health units. I also think it come around 5CP.

    It's very odd for a elite inf squad to come at 7CP. They sound like they would just be constantly gibed by tank rounds given the squad size. I would suggest 3-4CP. Also 90MP is an absurd reinforce cost. The formula for reinforce cost is the unit's price divided by two divided by the number of squad members. So basically it should be 70MP. Though IMO at most it should be at most 60MP.

    Another problem is that a 3-man squad of exterminators similar to obersoldaten would be that it would compete with the OST sniper in terms of usage. You have to make sure that they have a role besides just killing infantry and that there is actually a reason to risk them in front line combat (which one usually avoids with snipers/obersaldaten).

    Lastly for the Knights Cross holders I would recommend giving them over 80 health (like in CoH1) or increasing there squad size. This way they wouldn't be ultra vunerable to snipers (as it would only take 3 shots if each model has 80 health), explosions and also they wouldn't just disappear while in front-line combat.

    I really like the concept of the commander and I really think it fits a role that no other OST commander fits. Good job.

    First of all, thanks for the feedback. I really do appreciate that people actually look through this stuff.
    Changes I might consider:
    -Knights Cross Holders reinforce cost from 90 to 70
    -Knights Cross Holders health per model from 80 to 82
    -Zeal price from 150 to 120 100

    A couple comments:
    -I like to think of zeal as more of a relief infantry style ability, where it allows infantry to be used more freely by allowing them to stay in the battle longer. If I were to give them a statistical boost immediately, it would practically become a valiant assault spin-off. (<== just my opinion)
    -Where the KCH (Knights Cross Holders) really shine is in their damage output. If you treat them like a sniper, then they'll continue to accumulate veterancy. Once they get to vet 3 they're able to take on all infantry in their path, even MGs! I try to keep them for the later game just to make them to not be too overpowered during an infantry-heavy phase. It also encourages combined arms with KCH due to their obvious weakness vs armor of any kind.

    Once again, I'd like to thank you for your feedback, and I hope you have a good day/night!
    ~Karbinder

  • #4
    7 years ago
    PanzerFaustPanzerFau… NoPosts: 284
    I like it a lot. Only issue to me is Gustav damage. It seems huge to me but if someone could post Sturmtiger and Goliath damage so I could compare.
  • #5
    7 years ago
    WunderKatzeWunderKat… Posts: 731

    @PanzerFaust360 said:
    I like it a lot. Only issue to me is Gustav damage. It seems huge to me but if someone could post Sturmtiger and Goliath damage so I could compare.

    Golaith is 200. 400 if it is destroyed by explosion/enemy fire. It also does 1000 damage against emplacements.

  • #6
    7 years ago
    Sgt_SchultzSgt_Schul… Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, GermanyPosts: 57
    edited May 2016

    @PanzerFaust360 said:
    I like it a lot. Only issue to me is Gustav damage. It seems huge to me but if someone could post Sturmtiger and Goliath damage so I could compare.

    Don't worry, I took that into consideration. The Gustav damage isn't enough to kill braced emplacements. Everything else... they would probably be wiped by a sturmtiger/stuka dive bomb in a similar fashion anyways. Just to make sure that only idiots let mobile units die to this, I'll consider a longer firing time delay.

    Also:
    Sturmtiger base damage is 1000
    Goliath base damage is 200 (1000 AFTER the patch)
    Stuka Dive Bomb is also 1000

    I'm pretty sure that all explosives have a 1.25x multiplier vs buildings also, but I'm not exactly sure which explosives that applies to. Either way, I took that into consideration also with the damage of railway artillery.

  • #7
    7 years ago
    WunderKatzeWunderKat… Posts: 731

    @Karbinder said:
    I'm pretty sure that all explosives have a 1.25x multiplier vs buildings also, but I'm not exactly sure which explosives that applies to. Either way, I took that into consideration also with the damage of railway artillery.

    Actually I think British emplacements take reduced damage from arty. Though I'd have to look at the target tables again to be sure.

  • #8
    7 years ago
    Emperor2000Emperor20… Posts: 122

    good commander

  • #9
    7 years ago
    VertigoVertigo Posts: 9

    Change the Gustav one shot for a V1 =D could be great

    all the another things are Excellent.

  • #10
    7 years ago
    EvanielEvaniel Posts: 73

    Not a huge fan of Knight's cross holders. Come on, this isn't dawn of war, we shouldn't have "nazi terminators" running around.

    I find it kind of dumb to have squads of "super soldiers" in a ww2 game (shock troopers aside).

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